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June 24, 2023 29 mins
  • A Date with Judy
  • Genre: Comedy, drama, romance
  • Audience: Teenagers, young adults
  • Running time: 30 minutes
  • Broadcast network: NBC, then ABC
  • Creators: Jerome Lawrence, Aleen Leslie
  • Stars: Ann Gillis (1941), Dennie Ellis (1942), Louise Erickson (1943-1950), Paul McGrath, Margaret Brayton
  • Air dates: June 24, 1941 - May 25, 1950
  • Synopsis: The show follows the life of Judy Foster, a teenage girl who lives in a small town. Judy deals with the usual teenage problems, such as school, friends, and boys. The show also features her relationships with her parents, Melvin and Dora Foster.
  • Legacy: A Date with Judy was one of the most popular radio shows of its time. It was praised for its humor, its realistic portrayal of teenage life, and its positive message for young listeners. The show has been credited with helping to launch the careers of several young actresses, including Ann Gillis, Dennie Ellis, and Louise Erickson.
The show was also adapted into a movie in 1948, starring Jane Powell and Elizabeth Taylor.

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(00:00):
Night and day at home all awayalways carry comes Gee you m s famous
quick for meat and the jack infor them. A date with Juty Darn
Louise Ericson as Duty and John Barnas Foster. Come our Juty Foster speaking

(00:22):
music. Lee, you're up?Oh I thought you were a man.
I thought mighty Judy on the phone. Oh oh kay, I want to
pick you up. So we're notthat. I mind in the least to
be getting the business signal? Yeah, but would you mind hanging up to
and sign the line? Freeze thatduty Folk Duty Foster, the lovable teenage

(00:52):
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(02:04):
family is settled peacefully in the livingroom. Exact for Judy. She seems
a little nervous. Does anyone knowthe time? It's exactly eight forty five?
Thank you? Does anyone mind ifI turn on the radio? Thank
you? Does anyone have the time? Eight forty five? I'd watched the

(02:30):
four and as much as they're fourward three seconds ago, it's not at
all. It's a five? Thankyou? Does anyone mind if I turn
off the radio? Thank you?Eight forty five? I yes, no,
still him margins backward. Oh dear, what goodness sakes, Judy?

(02:53):
Would you stop thinking up and down? I'm sorry, mother, father?
Here you wear my watch? What'sthe nerder, dear, I've never seen
you from nervous. Hath I'm notnervous because you think I'm nervous. Role
just the fact if you're twitching fromhead to tell I don't be stilling if
I'm purt arts the phone, thephone, I didn't hear anything. She

(03:14):
near of the diy. I thoughtI heard it, and you probably got
a renny in your ears. No, what father? If you said something
to a boy of hurting because didn'tneed your hurting, do you think you
might remember it and try to geteven after seven months? Do your mother?
Well? I agree with your father. What do you think? Well?

(03:38):
And under the circumstances, I agreewith your mother. What are we
talking about? I've rid somebody askedthat question. Well, it's really very
simple. The most important school danceof the year is in two weeks.
Oh oh oh. I still don'tknow what this is all about. Why

(04:00):
I could say all about that becausemother didn't. I didn't want to appear
stupid. I said it because startit is well, I only said it
because I figured somebody had to saysomething. So I don't see what's the
difficult to understand? I said thatthe most important school dance of the year
is in two weeks. Well,then why did you want to know the

(04:20):
time? Now? Oh, Iunderstand that part. You do, sure,
considering how long it usually takes Judieto get ready. She's done start
preparing, not later than nine o'crossthe light. Well, if all my
problem means you is an opportunity tonext front of me, I won't discuss
it any Oh no, dear,No, we're the addressing. Sure surely.

(04:42):
Well, then, as I said, the school dance is in two
weeks Wednesday, June second year.I have not yet heard from Oogie ah
h, not even a hint nothing. I s that's bad? And when
was the dance announced? This afternoon? Dude? Is a poor boys hardly

(05:06):
had a chance to get to aphone. Why mother recta bactically six hours?
Oh? I would boy, dude, she's probably having a little difficulty
ball in the nickel. I mustgo to that pants. I must.
It's the most important past of theyear. I'll die if I don't go,
guy dead, Take it easy,Sweetie, you'll call? Do you
really think you really? Yes?I really? She willized to s we

(05:30):
won't I'm sure if she does callme off. I'll never asked her another
thing as long as I've never knownanother thing. Enough, she won't call.
Oh, I'm sure you will.Do you know we won't. I
know, I can feel it inmy bones. I'm absolutely positively she's pretty
timpy whale mothers. Yes, dude, are you from randof Well, i'll
take your rye cost us always sixdollars. If she called, I'll be

(05:54):
so happy. I'll never asked heranother thing. Up, she won't call.
Take some six hours off. You'llnever both, Oh dear, Oh
he wants to be call me.There's so many other grammars women. They're
all mad about him. I mightas well forget the whole thing. Judy,
yes, Bobby about I thought Iwas a pay Hello is studio?

(06:19):
I'm fine? How are you?Oh? Hello? Yeah, Julie,
get to see her? Please goHello, Hello, Julie, Julie.
Hello, Judy faust is speaking?Who is this? Blase Julie her vigor

(06:42):
Julie? Oh, how do youdo, Ulie? Her? Oh?
You do? Sonny Julius? Anythingwrong? No? No, indeed,
everything's telling? How is Uliet?That's good? What I mean? That's
too bad? Go Honori? Whatwas if you wanted, Julie, are
you doing anything two weeks from tomorrow? Should week tomorrow? By huh no,

(07:06):
let me see what day is that? Wednesday? Drew and seconds.
Oh, just a moment during theday or during the evening. It's the
evening. Oh well, I'm notquite sure. I'm gonna call you a
sooner. But oh, frankly,I didn't happen to have a nickel on

(07:30):
me and I. Oh, Julie, please don't tell me you're how available
at night? Uh June second,Yeah, that's right. I think I
just think I can make it.Usie. Oh boy, thanks Julie.
Thanks blows to me. Oh that'sall ye Usie, Bye bye, by

(07:54):
you. God I knew we would. Oh, brother, deliver me from
women. Thank God, that crisisis over. Now we're gonna all relax.
Shoot, I'm a lost miser ofa woman in the entire wind.
But you said that all you wantedwas through even invite you to the bend,

(08:15):
fully invited you to me. Whyare you're so visitable because I can't
go with a love of heaven?Why not? I haven't got anything to
wear because duty, it's impossible.I just don't believe it. My most
vivid memory of this whole year isif you find you clothes tactically every day?

(08:35):
Oh no, FIDEI come out ofchairs and I'll tell you I'm probec
What about that? Then? OhI can't wear that side it? Why
not? She goes? It's somuch like? Because why let he's going
to wear? Well, you wearthis? Why don't let her father buy

(08:56):
her another dress? I truly shetold me she was gonna wear her right,
I see what's wrong with this Cleveland? Why Bubi's kind to wear a
blue shuits so clean glasses with blueside classes? Well, turn him to
wear another food? Why I haven'tgot another suit? Well I got another
less cart? Make jokes, Scott, he's making joke now here you hear

(09:20):
this? Red less? Doesn't thisgo with blue? It's not red?
Fatteris oh road? Well? Allline, all rose go with blue.
It goes beautifully. That's the trouble. It goes so well that I wear
it all the time. Wholly seeingme at a pleast a dozen times,
Well, if you have a complaint, then let him see you in a
thirteen time? Good? Why not? If he's only got one of foods?

(09:41):
You must have seen him in atleast thirteen times. That's different.
Men can do that, girls canWho made that rule? So I don't
know that a girl just kids withyour sea father? And now do you
believe I've got nothing to wear?No? I slee I hadn't no eye
on the sweetest little grass. It'sin the bonds on department crow window on

(10:03):
the west side. How do youlove it? No? How do you
know? You haven't even seen it. I don't mean no, I wouldn't
love it. I mean no,you can't had it? What? So
what I got you? I havenothing to really have a choice of any
one of these sweet business I toldyou the reasons why it can those one
reasons they were excuse. I'm tellingduty that you're gonna have to wear one
of I can't don't have I watchif you will? Did I walk out

(10:24):
of the gare all? I don'tgo in the Dean No, Dora,
no, no, no, shecan't have It's not terribly sensively, it's

(10:45):
not the point at all. Doorif Judy really didn't have a dress to
wear, if you're only too gladto let it have it. But she's
got twee very pretty, very nutless. She just wants another one. What
it's about tent he found out hecan't have every little thing she wants.
I know, Dee, but she'dbeen broken alted if she doesn't to this
dance, I'd rather if you havea little disappointment now than go out to
be a spoiled pamphlet woman. Side. When you see guy really mean it,

(11:07):
she'll change her mind about not goingto the days. She'll go off
for Julius. He does class withHugie Soup. So unless I thought it
changes his mind about the dresses you, I'm afraid I won't be able to
go with you. Oh gosh,Judie, do you think you will?

(11:28):
Of course? He am? Igoodness, I know my own father,
don't I. I know my fathertoo, but sometimes he surprises me.
If her father's your parents, Julianparents are pecunior. I know that,
but I have always found my parentsto be very unparently. You'll see father

(11:48):
buy me that dress door. Yes, yes, Judie said anything about badance
Gus that she's not going. Wow, she'll change his mind, just think
so, of course you will.My goodness, I know my own daughter,
don't I? Charlie. Judie isonly a week last or no boys

(12:13):
he said anything about changing his mind? I know, but he will,
I think, Randolph. We askedfather as Judy said anything to you about
the dand oh. He didn't havemuch to say, just a that he's
not going these and in all theyears he's in your daughters, he had
no idea that you were so constructed. See he forgives you completely, realizing

(12:37):
that no one can be perfect.D It's very possible that he may never
recover from this blow e. Shewill never marry because he he might turn
out to be death like you asjust dad certainly is an important enough to
break her heart over it, andhe's not going to give it another thought.
Gee, if you don't buy thedress, he'll die dead. That's

(12:58):
awful. Okay, that's all.Oh, no, I forgot yeah,
Jim and Randolph h just shuming up. Oh, thank you artist. Oh.
She said that she was going outinto the world as quickly as possible,
going out into the world. Whatfor it? So that she should
earn enough money to repay you forall the tablom you had to buy when
she was a baby. That's Judy, there only five days left. Yeah,

(13:31):
any lay communication, Yeah, Ithink that you better not come on
me for the dance. Wine.Doesn't it look as though your father will
buy the dress? She'm a gradenut. Oh, just sprinkled some taboo
over yourself and nobody will know thedifference. Yeah, Judy, she had

(13:56):
duty. Honestly, Judy, Idon't care. Let you wear well.
I'd be proud to take in yourdoing anything. Oh, Ubie, that's
the most beautiful thing anyone has eversaid to me in your gold. No,
Ubie, I can't. I eithergo in a new dress and not
at all. But you see,Oubie, the prenciple of the thing.

(14:18):
How do you don't worry about me? I want you to go to the
dance, and I want you tochoose a beautiful woman to accompany you.
Oh, Judie has good news acrossyou can Why could you be comish just
because I had a father who doesjust what he says he's going to do.

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(16:00):
Stop what's funny? Mind? Ohgad, mister Flatcher. I hope
you'll forgive me for intruding on youduring business hours. But may I speak
to you? Frankly? Sure?Why closet? Thank you? Mister Flatcher
has come to my attention. Ohshe's got to go with me, mister
Flatcher, she's got to her.I'll completely blow my stack. Excuse me,

(16:25):
but yes, I washed my head. But this is a very important
affair, mister f Watcher, Judyjust chargo with me. I'm not stubbing
it, I know, but wellyou know, Judy, I certainly do.
I hope you'll pardon me for change. So, sir, but your
daughter's a very stubborn girls, notonly potting, agree, mister Flatcher.

(16:49):
Why don't you why Judy, No, I'm afraid you'd take that attitude.
Oh that's why, mister Flasher.Sir, I have a proposition to make
you proposition, yeah, to reviewthe case. I want to take Juty
to this dance, and she won'tgo without a new dress, and you

(17:11):
won't let her have a new dress. Hip Joe facto, I won't be
taking Duty to the dance, soit'll see. But suppose, mister Foster,
you were to binder that dress.No, no, wait, mister
Foster, I not finished yet.Suppose you were to binder that dress and
I was to pay you pass forit at the rate of a dollar fifty

(17:32):
a week. Definitely, so Iwon't quibble, would you, mister Foster?
A dollar seventy five? Wait aminute, wait a minute, but
let me get this straight. You'reoffering to pay for Duty's dress for the
late of a dollar seventy five aweek past dollars fifty it's amount to come
out of your weekend along to threedollars and fifty cents. Uh, holy

(17:55):
smoke, you must want to takeduty to that dance, very fat?
Oh I do, mistr what Ido? Do? Do? You're a
pretty nice boy? You ge?Would you do what? Mister Foster?
Squill you? I'm afraid I couldn'tknow. You couldn't. I'm afraid now?

(18:18):
Why? Well? I wouldn't tellAnybody's not it? What if?
What if I played the interest onthe man? That's not it? I'm
sorry I shouted it. That's misterFoster. Stop it. You're you're making
me feel terrible. I'm sorry,sir. You see you can get it's

(18:38):
not the money. That's not itat all. It's it's it's it's the
principle of the thing. Judy's beengetting away too easily lately. These guys
are right to get everything she wants. What he's doing now shows you how
far it's gone. I mean abouther. It's using to go to that
dance unless she has a new regret. That's that's that's an attitude that only
a very spoiled young lady would takeyou see what I mean? Well,

(19:00):
I see that your quest you istwo dollars and fifty cents. That was
a great jennadar. Oh wonder whythe duty? I suppose so your d

(19:21):
thank you, Melvin, thank youlike it so well? What does everybody
want to do tonight? Huh?How about a movie? Dar? No
Melbourne, I don't think so duty, No, thank you, I'll go
with your father. Well, actuallythere's nothing very good playing. And why
don't you say you all four bowling? You know I dropping up? No,
thank you? That's your father.What's talking of this family? Anyway?

(19:48):
If I may be excuge things,I'm going to my brood mother all
right, Dear, I don't know. I may not come out for two
or three years. Love Dor,You've known me long enough to know I'm
no monster. It's just I justbeen done to do Melvine wings. But
don I'll get a Randolph. Maybeit's come a stranger with a kind word

(20:14):
for me. Hello, h huh, well yes, yeah, ye have
a cot allay the act. Ifyou're loo calling long distance? Oh I
wonder what's wrong? Maybe nothing's wrong, brand All. Something is always wrong
when your grandmother's pending the money tocall up long distance. Oh my wonder
maybe your aunt? Oh? Hello? Oh mom? Yes, yes,
yes, yeah, how are you? Oh? Goody? It's always yeah.

(20:37):
What is anything wrong? So?I don't know you? Are you
calling it all? Huh? WhenI Mom? Give it? Look,
mom, give a mom my,mom, Mom, for your cleans like
me, get a yes for aglance? I know, but the place.
Believe me, Mom, it's notsome money. Father. Hello,

(21:11):
random, Oh what are you doingsitting here in the kitchen in the dark.
Well, it's it's embarrassing to sitin the living room with everybody else.
Do you want to avoid looking atme? I think they feel like
a like did you hear duty?Tell me the old of the phone?
And if she ends up an oldmaid, she'll know who to blame.
Now I wish tomorrow evening were old. Maybe then my family can stop thinking

(21:33):
of me as a human being again. I got it, I guess not.
Judy will probably hold this against mefor Look, Randolph, you're usually
a level headed boy. You knowI'm right. Don't say Oh sure,
God, I knew I could counton you. Then you know I'm doing
this for Judy's own good you knowit's not the money going here, father,

(21:57):
But then don't your breakdown and lether get it. No, Oudie,
it's no use. I'm not going. Please don't make it any more
difficult. Oh no, heeys wantedyou to go. I s you can't

(22:22):
get someone to go with you.I watched your shoot movie. Have a
good time. Bye, see Judy, where those the three of us go
to a movie tonight. Yeah,there's a great pick you're playing and go
on to the going up and getum. I mean they're put their hat
on and no, say, Igot to just stay here with my memories.

(22:47):
I know, let's play card forthree of us. Love not to
turn my sure no time. Ihave to tell you about something that happened
to me when I was about y'rage, Judy, No, what happened?
Well, in those days I wasn'tallowed to wear may come now,
there was this party I wanted togo from. So the night party,

(23:07):
I got all that hump and Idid a very daring thing. I put
some rouge on my teeth. Theanyone happened mother, Well, my mother
loved it, and she said Icouldn't go. Let her to it off.
I refused said I was old enoughto wear it, and if I
couldn't wear it, that wouldn't know. Well, we will grow stutwich.

(23:30):
I wouldn't take it off, andmother wouldn't let me go. What finally
happened, Well, it was afunny thing. I didn't thought it.
If I didn't go to that party, my heart would break. She did
you go? No? God,you a heart break? No, of
course yes it did. Else there'sno fire talking sweetest art fodder girl had

(23:57):
grow fother. Hurry, I'll puton the breston, go the game so
I have a good time. Butthere's something I want to say to you
first. What is the thought ofhere? I don't think I was right.
Don't think I bought the preston becauseI felt you deserted. I think
you behaved like its spoiled something child. And why did you get it to
him? Well? Because because Icouldn't stand seeing it's going ahead? Oh

(24:18):
father, I love you. Ah, going up and put it on and
have a good Hi will Fan,I'll call him, can tell him I'm
going telling up, agending a fewminutes to tell him. I'll be after
my grammars Neld and I'm glad you'rethere. I'm glad you're glad. You

(24:41):
know mother? If Saint back,this would make me understand why you married
father. I didn't want to buythat dress. Believe me, I had
five pipe it's not here. Butwhen I thought of the way she's been
behaving these last two yet, noone not just it us. What have
you got on? But that's notthe dress, tyble. Isn't that the
one Ugie seen you in a dozentimes? Yes? What happens if one?

(25:04):
Oh? It fit? It frong? And why I was you worried?
Well? Sorry, I was puttingit on. I began thinking about
what your sale bought it? Doyou know about fine for? I mean,
even though you thought I was wrong? Yeah, well, I really
thought about it. I realized howselfish I had, Danny. I knew
that I didn't have a dress.That's all three judy, Yes, thought

(25:27):
I I like you. I likeyou too, and I think i'd like
it to have a back for me. Oh no, I think I'd rather
not have it I return in themorning. Anyway, I thought about be
lucky to let Ugie seen you in. It's all a dress for the thirteenth
pow happen? Had you really seenit that, but it does. Oh,

(25:48):
yes, I got careful guys comein Hi, everybody mistress watch the
years. Well guy, well,thank you. Look on Judy, I
I'm doing. You look snazzy ina new ye what it turned around?

(26:11):
Yes, I don't blame you forwanting it so much. You look just
slip in it. Yes, sureI sure do have mother and Fader and
Randolph and so too. Doctor.Yes, sir, old Rose, I've
always wanted to see you in thatchow didn't say something funny. There are

(26:48):
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(27:10):
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(27:33):
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(28:06):
swell dance? Wasn't I say itwas dreaming? It was count as I
was very proud of in your exports. I hope to eating in cost you
too much? Of course use dollars. What do they mean? Ye?
I mean I can't take you tothe movie for two weeks, Obie.
I had my whole allow interest fromlast thing I told you to the movie?

(28:30):
Judy, you have just mortally woundedmead of a guy. Do you
think I am that I'd let youtake me to the movie? Oh,
Obie, I'm terribly sorry. Ishouldn't have even suggested it, so,
of course not when you know JohnWell, I got to go to the
baseball game I don't already is writtenby Alene Lesley and stars with Uise Ericson

(29:03):
as Duty and John Brown as Father, with Dick Davis's Randolph and my Ramarch
as mother. Dick Glenna played UBI. Music was composed and conducted by al
Bourne. The program was produced anddirected by Helen Mack. This is Canton
Niles inviting you to be with usagain next to the fifth time. To

(29:26):
keep your date with Juty and remembernight and day at home or away always
carry come d you m hen.I think that you trus metters for our

(29:47):
men and women overseas by shark Way, as were the worldwide becomsies of the
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